underway once again. and the other major question, if he does take the stand, can he stay within the parameters set by the judge and what are the consequences if he doesn t? we re live at the courthouse. plus, nikki haley sending a message to trump that sounds a lot like you don t scare me. her new fund-raising hall that has him threatening her donors and has given her new energy. the political elites in this state and around the country have said that we just need to let donald trump have this. we are not going to sit there and just give up. . and the severe weather that just won t stop. among the dramatic new images, this woman, how she got stranded on top of her car for 14 long hours before she was rescued. we begin with donald trump off the campaign trail and back in a federal courthouse today. e. jean carroll s lawyers have rested their case and trump s team just started the defense in a trial to determine if he has toay the writer millions of dollars for defam
i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an extra
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
why so down this year? why so down this year? because it just seems so pointless. i mean, there is only two candidate, there s only one party that s even having the primary. nothing is happening on the democratic side. you have an incumbent democratic president. but it just seemed like a complete waste of my time. without getting into that, was it as much fun this past weekend, as it usually is? now, i would say, i ve had more fun than the time than the time barack obama lost in an unexpected primary lost to hillary clinton, i was working for barack obama at the time. but it has been fun. it is donald trump is winning, currently ahead by 19 points in the polls, lawrence, we know that. but surprising things happen. we don t know. then it will be surprising to see what the gap is, of course if nikki haley stays in the race, that s interesting. so all interesting thing. so what does a write in campaign look like? what s the success of it? but i will tell you, lawrence,
tonight on 360, all aboard in new hampshire. just four days before the primary south carolina senator tim scott is expected to endorse the former president snubbing south carolina governor nikki haley and becoming the latest republican of many to fall in line. more breaking news tonight. a new georgia court filing adding to the controversy over the trump special prosecutor. the d.a. fani willis who filed allegations of an improper relationship. and later, alec baldwin and how he came to be charged with involuntary manslaughter after similar charges were dropped last year in a deadly shooting onset. we begin with breaking news. within the next hour or so, south carolina senator tim scott is expected to endorse the former president who has been working to establish himself after just one contest as the inevitable nominee. to that point, republican lawmakers are certainly helping and it shows how early and eagerly they ve been falling in line compared to the first trump campai